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Red Sox rising stars for 2013
Prospects can come from many places. Right now in the Red Sox system, there are the first and last named Henry’s; Justin Henry and Henry Owens. Justin Henrypicture from MiLB.com First the story of...
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Five Red Sox sinking way below Mendoza Line
Everyone inside baseball knows what the “Mendoza Line” is. Mario Mendoza was a slick fielding shortstop in the late 70′s and early 80′s, but his batting average was usually just above .200. That line...
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Umpire Strikezone Scores for 25 games
The Umpire Strikezone Scores for the first 25 games of 2013 show that umpires are keeping a pattern of calling a higher percentages of pitches inside the strikezone correct than in the past. However,...
View ArticleSalty’s foolish error is not knowing Rule 5.09
The Red Sox lost 9-7 to Toronto yesterday, April 30. One of the key plays of the games was an error by Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Salty threw the ball down the right field line, trying to...
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Red Sox 2010 Draft Class Starting to Gel
Red Sox 2010 Top 10 Draft Picks Player / Round (pick) / Salary Bonus Kolbrin Vitek / 1 (20) / $ 1,359,000 Bryce Brentz / 1S (36) / $ 889,200 Anthony Ranaudo / 1S (39) / $ 2,550,000 Brandon Workman / 2...
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Red Sox bits and pieces
For those that followed the Red Sox back in the dark ages of the late 1950′s and early 1960′s, winning more games than you lose is still a big deal. Those Boston teams with Gene Conley (teammates with...
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Red Sox prospects rising each day
Red Sox prospects are rising more each day. Anthony Ranaudo pitching for LSU The brightest ones are now in Portland with the Sea Dogs. Anthony Ranaudo was pitching a scoreless ballgame entering the...
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MLB needs to make a rule like NCAA: checked-swing changed to half-swing
The Red Sox lost 7-0 to the Rangers on Friday night, but the game changed dramatically on one pitch in the fourth inning. The score was only 1-0 and even though Felix Doubront was putting runners on...
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Red Sox bullpen answers are in AAA. New battery mate in AA.
There are signs everywhere that the Red Sox bullpen is in trouble. Andrew Bailey is getting an MRI today. Joel Hanrahan has been shaky at best, with another bomb allowed tonight. Junichi Tazawa and...
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The Next Japanese Phenom: Shohei Otani
Shohei Otani, a 18-year-old with an upper-90s fastball, made his Nippon Pro Baseball debut this morning for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. And yeah, I was up at 5AM to watch it. Otani has already...
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Remembering Pedro vs. Clemens, 2000
Sometimes hype is the creation of the media exaggerating or inflating the importance of an event. May 28, 2000 at Yankee Stadium turned out to be an exception. Pedro vs. Clemens The ancient rivals...
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Ranking WS Game 7 Walk-Offs
The phrase Game 7 of the World Series evokes special memories for baseball fans. The finality of the season is distilled down to one game with two fan bases hanging on every pitch. There have been 109...
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Trade Me
What the trade?!?! Somebody wanted Jimmy Rollins? Since 2009 his line is .252/.318/.397 Who got Andrew Heaney? I can’t keep track. Matt Kemp cancerred his way out of LA? Is cancerred a word? Somebody...
View ArticleSports and Political Opinions Backwards
In sports, the players are the 99% (the labor), they deserve the money. The owners are the 1% (criminals in suits). Yes, the players’ salaries are lopsided, especially when considering the minor...
View Article2017 Factor12 Final
Here are the final F12 Rating numbers for 2017… RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Chris Sale* 28 214.33 34.175 2 Corey Kluber 31 203.67 34.059 3 Max Scherzer 32 200.67 32.990 4 Clayton Kershaw* 29 175.00...
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